As of this week, @Militarydotcom as we knew it is effectively dead. Talented journalists and other guild members were fired Wednesday evening, and others have been pushed out. Several who are gone are veterans. (1/4)
@PaulRieckhoff@DeptVetAffairs They ask veterans all the time --- what did you do last week. Give me a break. There is rot in the @SecVetAffairs@DeptVetAffairs
And we all know it.
Go sit in a VA waiting room with WWII, Korea and Vietnam veterans - alongside young Iraq/Afghanistan vets....
NEW: 12-acres of Central Park's Great Lawn will be closed until at least April 2024 following damage from Global Citizen Festival on Sept. 23 - per Gale Brewer.
"The combination of heavy rain, foot traffic, and machinery used for staging destroyed one-third of the Great Lawn."
Today we will lead the world in commemorating the 22nd anniversary of 9/11. Twenty-two years after the day that changed our world forever, we will come together to read aloud the names of those lost. Join us live: https://t.co/8oPx0jBTXA
In DC court today, Judge Chutkan has rejected both Trump and the DOJ’s proposed trial dates. (April 2026 and Jan. 2024, respectively.) Chutkan noted that setting a trial date would “not depend and should not depend on the defendants personal or professional obligations.”
“If Ukraine is not helped then Russia will not stop in Ukraine or Moldova”
Moldovan President @sandumaiamd says “Ukraine needs to get more support… The security of the continent &… the international rules-based system” is at stake
Our interview airs 7pCET @cnni & tonight @PBS
Meet the tiny State Department offices clearing billions of dollars’ worth of weapons for Ukraine | They’ve handled a 150-fold increase in work by doing in hours what used to take months. https://t.co/ajqRAQLBaa
Today time stands still at 8:50 a.m. ET. No One Left Behind stops to remember the lives lost in the 2021 Kabul Airport attack. Though two years have passed, our hearts have not forgotten the 13 U.S. service members who made the ultimate sacrifice.